Steering-wheel.



L. P. HALLADAY.

STEERING WHEEL.

APPLiCATION FILED MAY 29. 1mg.

1,159,019, Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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LEWIS P. HALLA'.DAY, OF STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

STEERING-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29, 1914.- Serial no. 541,745.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lewis P. HALLA- DAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Streator, in the county of La Salle and State of lllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Steering- Wheels, of which'the following is a .specification.

My invention relates to improvements in steering wheels for automobiles and the'like.

It is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in one form in the accompanying drawing, wherein-- Figure 1 shows a detail in part section of ,a fragment of an automobile seat steering column and wheel Fig. 2- is a section through the steering wheel; Fig. 3 is a section along line 3-8 of Fig. 2 5 Fig. 4 is a section along line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectionalong line 55 of Fig. 2; 'Fig. 6 is a section along line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Like parts are indicated by like letters in.

all the figures.

1 is the automobile frame, 2 is the seat, 3 the dash, 4 the ste ring column, 5 a steering wheel spider rigidly mounted on the end of the column held in position thereon by the cap screw 6. This spider has a long arm 7, at the end of which is a lug 10. This lug carries a pivot 9 upon which is rotatably mounted the lugs 88. The lugs 88 project downwardly from and are rigid on a wheel arm or spoke 11 forming part of a steering wheel 12. This steering wheel has three additional spokes 13, 14, 15, which spokes meet the spoke 11 at a recessed boss 16 overlying the cap screw 6. The spider 5 has projecting from its opposed sides the arms 17 provided with resilient contact buttons of rubber or other suitable material the, position shownand the locking screw'is turned up the cylinder thereon engages the countersink in the lug and the wheel held in fixed position with respect to the. spider both by frictional contact between- I PatentedNov.2,,1915.'

the two lugs and also 'b the positive engagement of the SCIGW WIth the lug on the wheel: .When in the position shown the steering wheel operates exactly as an ordinary wheel fixed on the steering column.

VVhen, however, the operator desires to leave his seat, he unscrews the 'screw sufficiently' to release it from its engagement with the lug on the wheel, rotates the wheel about the pivot 9 in the direction shown in the arrow and is then free to leave his seat without being interfered with by thepresence of the wheel. '3

It will be noted that'while I have shown in my drawing an operative device, still many changes might be made. in size, shape and arrangement of parts without departvention. I wish, therefore, that my drawing beconsidered as in a sense diagrammatic.

Iclaim: ,7 t I A steering Wheel comprising a rim,- a' plurality of radially arranged spokes supporting the rim, an upwardly convexed hollow box at the center of the wheel, a steering column, a spider rigidly mounted on'the column having a long, forwardly projecting arm, a lug on one of the wheel spokes pivoted on the forwardly projecting arm of the spider, the spider having a rearwardly proI- jeeting arm, a lug carried by one of the wheel spokes adapted to engage the endof 5 said arm, and a locking device adapted to lock the lug and the end of the arm to gether, cross arms projecting outwardly from either side of thecenter of said spider,

yielding contact .members carried thereby and in engagement with two of-the wheel spokes.

. In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture in the presence of two w1tnesses-this 20th day of May 1914, 1

LEWIS P. HALLADAY."

' Witnesses:

- FRED C. BnnrrAUx,

LOUIS NA'rnn.

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